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The first advert was on the 1st of July .
It was long and the cost was just .

The first crossword was on the 21st of December .
It was called a "Word-cross".

The first call was on the 3rd of April .
It was in New York.

The first was on the 28th of April .
His name was Dennis Tito.
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Frida Kahlo a Mexican . She born in Mexico City in . Her parents Guillermo and Matilde. Frida the of four daughters. She a medical in the early and then a . ‘I born a ,’ Frida said. A lot of her 200 paintings self-portraits. Frida when she died. Now she is an international icon.
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The Beatles John, Paul, George and Ringo. They from Liverpool. Their first name The Quarrymen. In they popular in Liverpool and Hamburg. Their hit, in , Love Me Do. Their next song, Please Please Me, number one in early . Revolver and Let It Be popular Beatles albums.
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My son and daughter at home this weekend. They at home last weekend too.
I’m a singer. My father a singer too when he young.
We friends when we kids. You still my best friend.
They at school every day. They at school last week.
She a teacher in Australia now. Before that she a student.
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# Four Famous Firsts
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A billion dollars is $1,000,000,000 (one thousand million). Today’s billionaires are Bill Gates, Carlos Slim and a few others. But the first billionaire was John D. Rockefeller in 1916. His company, Standard Oil, was very big in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Most people think that George Washington was first. But it was Samuel Huntington in 1779. George Washington was the first president under the new constitution in 1789.
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It was in Uruguay in 1930. There were thirteen countries in the competition. Argentina and Uruguay were the two teams in the final and Uruguay were the winners, 4–2.
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The first one was probably a Turkish man called Mahir Cagri. His website was very simple. The first words were "Welcome to my home page. I kiss you!" Soon there were 12 million visitors to his website and he was called the "I Kiss You guy".
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Samuel Huntington was the President of the USA in 1779.
Bill Gates was the first billionaire.
Standard Oil was John D. Rockefeller’s company.
The first World Cup was in Argentina.
The first World Cup winner was Uruguay.
The first Internet celebrity was from Turkey.
There were a lot of visitors to Mahir’s website.
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